This digital resource provides a structured, step-by-step instructional sequence for teaching New Zealand Basic Script and the transition to Cursive Style. Designed for 10–15 minute daily sessions, these slides focus on the explicit modelling of efficient movements to build writing stamina and automaticity. Updated 2026. Note: These slides are also featured across our Daily…
Our Daily Literacy Review Slides are dynamic and effective tools for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught literacy content. They are a great companion to your structured literacy programme. What is included in this…
Elevate your Year 4-6 narrative writing instruction with our comprehensive Narrative Writing Activities. This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching the art of narrative writing, ensuring your students’ writing success. This Narrative Writing Pack for Year 4-6 (Grade 4-5) includes: Narrative writing text structure and features: I Do, We…
Our Daily Maths Review Slides are a dynamic and effective tool for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught mathematics content. A great companion to your structured maths programme. Aligns with the refreshed New…
Strengthen your learners’ reading comprehension using this comprehensive tool, built around the “Underground Soldiers” piece from the Level 4 June 2014 School Journal. Ideal for bolstering your structured literacy approach and for an integrated exploration of Anzac Day. This teaching resource immerses students in robust comprehension activities, vocabulary development, grammar, syntax, sentence construction, logical reasoning,…
Engage your students in the “friendly games” with our creative and engaging resource bundle. Your students will learn about the history of the Commonwealth Games, its traditions, the city of Birmingham, and the upcoming 2022 Birmingham Games! Our Birmingham 2022 Games Resource Bundle features: The Games Scavenger Hunt Puzzle Activity – Year 5-8 The…
This advanced handwriting instructional slide package is designed for Year 7 and 8 (phase 3) students to bridge the gap between basic letter formation and the development of a mature, efficient writing style. Focused on building speed and high-level vocabulary transcription, these slides are the final step in achieving complete handwriting automaticity. Note: These…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of the suffixes -ing, -s, -es, and -ed. This 80-slide teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole class lesson. Both PowerPoint and…
Our Daily Maths Review Slides are a dynamic and effective tool for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught mathematics content. A great companion to your structured maths programme. Aligns with the refreshed New…
This resource teaches the skill of paragraphing in writing. This resource introduces students to paragraphs, why we use them, when we use them, and how to use them. It is designed to help students learn, remember, and practice separating their sentences into paragraphs. It also allows students to understand and practice the structure of paragraph…
This comprehensive resource, featuring slides and posters, has been created to empower students to explore poetry forms and elements. Delve into the world of poetry, guided by the theme of emotions. This Poetry Forms and Elements Resource includes: Poetry Forms Slide Show (17 slides) Elements of Poetry Slide Show (18 slides) Poetry Forms posters…
This digital slide deck is a specialised handwriting instructional tool for teaching the New Zealand Basic Script, a practical alphabet designed for speed, legibility, and automaticity. Updated 2026. Optimised for short, 10–15 minute daily sessions, these slides guide students through the specific movements and patterns required to master handwriting. Note: These slides are…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with Science of Reading Principles. Develop your students’ reading comprehension and New Zealand history content knowledge with this comprehensive resource, focused on First World War Mascots from the Level 2 November 2024 School Journal. A great addition to your structured literacy program and a focus on Anzac Day. This…
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